Open Congress : Blog Articles for Rep. Artur Davis [D, AL-7]

Reopening black farmers’ suits could cost billions (AP)

2008-06-28T11:30:27Z

Reopening black farmers’ suits could cost billions (AP) Politics Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., speaks during a news conference in Montgomery, Ala., in this

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Reopening black farmers’ suits could cost billions (AP)

2008-06-28T11:19:38Z

Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., speaks during a news conference in Montgomery, Ala., in this Dec. 18, 2006 file photo. Congress' reopening of the federal govern

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Reopening black farmers’ suits could cost billions (AP)

2008-06-28T06:19:38Z

Reopening black farmers’ suits could cost billions (AP) June 28th, 2008 Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., speaks during a news conference in Montgomery

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Reopening black farmers' suits could cost billions

2008-06-28T00:00:00Z

... mainly because of the artificially low price tag. "The reality is that we had to fix some dollar amount to this provision because that's what the House rules require," said Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., a lead sponsor of the proposal.

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Reopening black farmers' suits could cost billions

2008-06-28T00:00:00Z

"The reality is that we had to fix some dollar amount to this provision because that's what the House rules require," said Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., a lead sponsor of the proposal. With a higher estimate, he said, lawmakers probably ...

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Reopening black farmers' suits could cost billions

2008-06-28T00:00:00Z

Porn-o-Rama, like the poor, will be with us always

2008-06-27T20:13:29Z

Kos points out that the SCOTUS “fix” for campaign financing is just another short-sighted goose to the body politic on behalf of a specific lawmaker, in this case Mitch McConnell. Actually, nothing this Supreme Court does has anything to do with Con

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Cheney’s Chief of Staff makes a mockery of the House Judiciary Committee

2008-06-27T15:18:59Z

It’s a huge shock, I know, but Cheney’s Chief of Staff is a royal d%@&! ... for dissenters, such as Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.), who asked whether Ad

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Is Bama's Artur Davis just "another political tool"?

2008-06-27T01:41:29Z

The Birmingham Weekly's Courtney Haden serves up The weak in review: Artur Davis disses the Fourth Amendment where she rightly skewers Representative Davis f

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When Anonymity Fails, Be Nasty, Brutish and Short

2008-06-27T00:00:00Z

And he showed abundant disdain for dissenters, such as Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.), who asked whether Addington consulted lawmakers about anti-torture statutes. "There is no reason their opinion on that would be relevant," he answered. ...

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Dems split on Supreme Court's gun ruling

2008-06-27T00:00:00Z

Washington, DC are second-class citizens,â€ said Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.), a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and top surrogate for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). Sen. Jim Webb ...

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A Torturous Hearing

2008-06-27T00:00:00Z

This attitude prompted Representative Artur Davis, an Alabama Democrat, to note that the Congress wants to be involved in the decisions about the conduct of the war and in this case, the interrogation techniques and the legality of the ...

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Artur Davis - Gubernatorial Numbers

2008-06-26T19:40:34Z

This is from the Southern Political Report: In response to a recent SPR article in which US Rep. Artur Davis’s (D) statewide prospects were questioned, we

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Dems split on Supreme Court's gun ruling

2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

King embarasses Iowa AGAIN

2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

Congressman Artur Davis, who serves on the committee with King, reminded King of Teddy Rooseveltâ€™s words: â€œTo announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, ...

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Todayâ€™s Torture Hearings

2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and Artur Davis (D-Ala.) grill Yoo and Addington has been especially gratifying. Rep. Davis made an excellent point during his questioning: He pointed out that at the time the torture memos were authored, ...

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Yoo's On First

2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

With the exception of the gracefully cool Artur Davis of Alabama, who wisely chose to forego questioning the witnesses and simply lecture them ("You had a Congress that was a rubber stamp for the administration's national security ...

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McCain adviser may have struck a nerve

2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

"I think the American people have gotten sensitized to the politicization of the war on terror by the Republican Party," said Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.), an Obama adviser. "Republicans have gone to the well too often, and the American ...

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Law Professor Confused by SAT Word

2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

Yoo: What do you mean by implemented sir? Yoo later cited attorney client privilege in declining to answer questions about what happened after he wrote the memo. Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL) interrupted Ellison's line of questioning to ...

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Artur Davis - Gubernatorial Numbers

2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

In response to a recent SPR article in which US Rep. Artur Davisâ€™s (D) statewide prospects were questioned, we have been provided with a survey, taken for Davis in February by Anzalone-Liszt Research (D), which showed that the ...

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